Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Grumblevolcano Ehh I don't think they'd postpone a Direct just because of an indie game that they could easily push in the Direct.

It's much more likely to be due to not wanting to overshadow Metroid Dread as mentioned above. That game is like 95% of their marketing focus right now as it should be. A Direct would surely have at least one big 1st party announcement for 2022, an update on another 2022 title (Splatoon 3?), and the last DLC character for Smash Bros, all of which would overshadow Metroid.

I don't expect to see another direct until 2022. We know very well what the plan is for the rest of the year and it's pretty packed. There's Metroid, Mario Party, Pokemon Remakes, and SMT V.

We have consistently seen Directs in February, and that's the point where the release lineup starts to get hazy, that's probably when we'll get new trailers and release dates for previously announced games like Splatoon 3 and the New Mario x Rabbids.

I'm already content with some upcoming Switch games during Oct - Dec 2021 that I have already knew from either previous Nintendo Direct or play-asia.
I still have to wait until November 2021 to start to purchase Switch games again as I will purchase some PS4 games in October 2021 according to my schedule.

Pretty much the only thing that is sort of set on stone for the remainder of the year is the reveal + presentation for the final character in the Fighter's Pass 2. And any potential reveals at the Game Awards.

@BrazillianCara The only thing I'm expecting Nintendo to do at the Game Awards is the last fighter reveal. Other than that, I doubt we'll see anything more than that. No BotW 2, no anything else. They've done the same thing every Game Awards, and they only do one thing during TGA.

I can't see them waiting until December to reveal and release the last fighter given the gaps between the other fighters of the pass was ~3 months. I expect it to be a mid October reveal and release. After Metroid and before Mario Party. That would put it 4 months after Kazuya.

If they don't show the last fighter at The Game Awards, and Nintendo does attend, my money is on a look of BotW 2. They did that once before at the Game Awards, so I could see them doing it yet again honestly.

Well actually at TGA 2017 they had BotW DLC and bayo 1+2 and 3

@Balta666 But generally, in recent years, they’ve only done one thing and it was the smash stuff.

@VoidofLight indeed but if we know one thing from Nintendo is to expect the unexpected

For Game Awards 2021 I think the Nintendo reveals will be BotW 2, Bayonetta 3 and the rumoured made for Switch Resident Evil game. Game Awards for Nintendo has mostly consisted of BotW, (timed) exclusive 3rd party games and Smash with the only 2 reveals that aren't any of those being Bayonetta 1-3 in 2017 and Mario Maker in 2014.

The 2020 Game Awards reveal was a big goose egg. As will this year’s , most likely.

I’m just hoping it’s not just smash, given the game awards is always miserable to sit through..

@VoidofLight I'd prefer that it is just Smash for the same reason. It's miserable to sit through so I just won't be sitting through it. Save the more interesting announcements for the next Direct.

I never watch the Game Awards but the announcements always get around to let me know which games got what .... & whatever games were revealed or whatever, too

@Isashihtzu ehhh them improving is mostly just subjective. If anything, the show last year was pretty bad, with the whole thing being rigged. The Last Of Us part 2 won every single category in which is was nominated for, despite other games that actually deserved the spot more being nominated.

@Isashihtzu Eh, the fact that it won almost all of the categories it was nominated in makes me feel like they were paid off or something.

On the topic of Nintendo Directs, this is happening before March:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/09/rumour_it_looks_lik...

Despite the idiots in the comments parroting "rumour squaa" it's an FCC filing so it's litterally an official document for approval of hardware. They've given it a Switch hardware prefix so it's definitely for the Switch, it also specifically says controller and has bluetooth. And it has a confidentiality expiry for March 16th so they have to announce before then otherwise what's the point of making it confidential?

Here's where the speculation starts but, what is it? The way I see it there are three possibilities here:
1. Another Retro themed controller. Gameboy NSO is heavily rumoured so the most boring possibility is a Gameboy style Joycon, possibly copying the Super Gameboy controller. Which is kinda lame and frankly a bit pointless but that's where my expectations are set. Along the same lines, N64.... which would mean N64 on NSO which is less likely. Gamecube there's no point because the Switch already supports Gamecube controllers, Wii equally so because technically they could support WiiMotes with a software update

2. Some controller specific to some as of yet unnaounced release. Think Wii Ballance Board, DK Bongos and possibly even SNES Mouse. To me this seems the least likely scenario because the JoyCon are pretty versatile. Eg a light gun equivalent, the Joycon can do that, the fabled Vitality Sensor can be done on the right Joycon. The only things that come to mind here are microphone, touchpad and possibly some fitness style stuff (pedometer/gps, scales, grip pressure)

3. Revised JoyCon/Pro Controller. I don't think this one is out of the question. We know of the JoyCon drift issue so that's one reason to do it but also there are ways the JoyCon could be better. They do lack any kind of room tracking (think Wii Sensor Bar at the simple end, VR IR boxes at the other) so that could be something to add. I could see them doing this for BotW 2.

Whatever it is we'll hear about it before March next year. I susspect if it's something related to NSO where the new controller is a nice-to-have rather than a requirement we hear about new consoles on NSO relatively soon. We do litterally tick over 3 years of NSO today. If it's something else.... probably January

@Barbiegurl777 No, the last thing they announced hardware-wise was the OLED model of the Switch. It's literally the same specs as the base Switch with some extras. Nintendo's not done with it just yet.

@Isashihtzu Regarding influencers and professional gamers, there's a big difference between gaming and movies: gaming is interactive. Having awards for professional gamers makes sense, as they are in fact making a difference in the industry. It's basically closest to giving out awards to actors, despite them not being involved in the production side of the movie.

...Influencers less so. That's most akin to handing out awards for critics, and doesn't make much sense to me.